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2024 Aluminum vs. EN 1.4411 Stainless Steel

2024 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.4411 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.4411 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.0 to 16
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 90 to 180
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 200 to 540
870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 100 to 490
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 390
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 500
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 880
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 30
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 90
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
13
Density, g/cm3 3.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 1140
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 68
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 70 to 1680
920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 46
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 49
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 46
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.6 to 24
28

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 90.7 to 94.7
0
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 3.8 to 4.9
0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
73.1 to 79.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.2
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0